Good advice

Lettuce will help you to sleep 

In a saucepan, boil lettuce leaves and press them in their cooking water. Add the water  in your bath (a warm bath before bedtime promotes muscle relaxation, essential to sleep), it will help you fall asleep more easily.


Good dreams !

Chocolate & kidney beans cake

420 g kidney beans  canned drained

1 tablespoon water

1 tablespoon vanilla extract
70 g unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
125 g Butter or oil
5  eggs
180 g sugar

How to make.


In your TM puree the beans, water I egg and vanilla until smooth SP 7.
 Set aside.
Beat the butter and sugar SP 5 for 30 seconds add the remaining eggs  beat for 20 seconds SP 4.
Add bean mixture SP 4 5 seconds.
Add the cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and blend SP 4 ,10 seconds.
Pour batter into greased rectangular  tin pan and bake at 180 degrees oven for 30 to 40minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

  this cake is not a sponge cake , is quite heavy , more to be used as a brownie , but  is gluten freee !

                                          Enjoy it

vanilla fudge

The real south african fudge ! delicious, i have tried many but these are fenomenal !

makes 24

1 can condensed milk
400 g sugar 
25 ml golden syrup
75 ml water
60 g butter
1 teaspoon vacila

      How to make them !

Put sugar and water into a large heavy saucepan.

Stir over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved.

Add the butter and syrup and stil until the butter has melted.

Add the  milk and stir until it comes to the boil.

Boil very slowly, stirring all the time, until soft ball stage.

Remove from the stove, add the vanilla and beat until it thickens.

Pour into a greased pan and leave to cool.

Cut into squares when cold.

milk tart with crust

For the pastry:

2 Cups of flour

1 egg

1/2 cup sugar

2tsp Baking powder

125g butter

pinch of salt

Cream butter and sugar together, add egg and all other ingredients till it’s a soft, stiff dough.
It makes a lot of dough, so you can do 2 dishes with this or as I did, 1 full tart and 12 cupcake size tarts.
Bake at 180 degrees until light brown.

For the Filling:

4 1/2 Cups Milk (1.125l)

2 Tbsp cornflour

3/4 Cup Sugar (I used brown, raw sugar)

2 1/2 Tbsp flour

Dash vanilla essence

bit of butter

1. Bring milk to the boil slowly, make sure it does not boil over
2. Beat eggs, sugar, flour, cornflour well together and pour into the boiled milk.  Mix well
3. Allow mixture to thicken, then add in the butter and vanilla essence and continue stirring.  The mixture should resemble a porridge consistency.

4. Remove from heat and pour into the shells, 

5. Leave to stand for about 10 minutes, sprinkle with cinnamon and refrigerate until ready to serve

Enjoy it !

Best vanilla cupcakes

I have tried a lot of vanilla cup cakes but this is the best ,worth a try!

1 1/4 cups cake flour

1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

3/4 cup sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup oil (vegetable, canola oil

1/2 cup buttermilk

(or 1/2 cup milk plus 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar or lemon juice- add acid to the milk then set aside for 5 minutes before using)

Directions

 Preheat oven 180 d°

 In a medium bowl, add cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.  Stir together with whisk, and set aside.

 In the bowl of an electric mixer, add eggs and beat 10-20 seconds.  Add sugar and continue to beat on medium speed about 30 seconds.  Add vanilla and oil, beat.

Reduce mixer speed to low and slowly da about half of the flour mixture.  Add half of the milk, then the rest of the flour and the rest of the milk.  Beat until just combined.  Scrap down the side of the bowl.

The batter will be thin.   Pour batter into a muffin pan prepared with paper liners.  Fill about 2/3 full.

Bake cupcakes in pre-heated oven for about 20  minutes.

Cool in pan 1-2 minutes, then remove cupcakes  and finish cooling on a wire rack.

Cream cheese frosting

225  grams cream cheese ( mascarpone ) 
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

55 grams butter ( not salted

130 gr sugar

1 tbsp  lemon juice

In a medium bowl , mix cheese and butter until creamy,add the vanila and sugar mix well , you can refrigerate to use later. 

Enjoy !

mousse de chocolate

Ingredientes (para 6 a 8 taças:

4 ovos

¾ de chávena almoçadeira de açucar

¼ de chavena café forte

180 gr de chocolate amargo para culinária

100 gr de manteiga sem sal

Preparaçao

1. Separar as 4 gemas das claras. Bater as gemas  até ficarem claras

2. Numa panela dissolver ¾ de chávena de açucar Mexer até estar completamente dissolvido sem grânulos

3. Voltar ás gemas e adicionar-lhes o preparado de açúcar, muito lentamente para não as talhar; levar este preparado a banho maria e bater com uma varinha até engrossar (cerca de 4 a 8 minutos) e ficar um creme quase branco cremoso

4. Numa outra panela, deitar  café e colocar dentro o chocolate. Colocar a panela em banho-maria e deixar derreter lentamente

5. Deitar o preparado de 3) numa taça de vidro e levar á batedeira. Deve bater-se até se sentir, ao colocar as mãos na taça, que arrefeceu.

6. Voltar ao chocolate: bater devagar ,Misturar 100 gr de manteiga mole, não batendo; mexer até ficar um chocolate cremoso

7. Bater as 4 claras em castelo (depois de as bater um pouco adicionar 1 pitada de sal e uma colher de café de cremor tártaro) até ficarem bem firmes (ao virar o recipiente não devem cair e devem fazer picos 

8. Misturar as claras com a massa de chocolate, envolvendo sem bater, indo abaixo e acima do recipiente em movimentos circulares

9. Colocar  no frigorifico pelo menos umas 5 horas horas.

Bom apetite!